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Venom: The Last Dance is an action-packed, banter-filled romp

Venom: The Last Dance What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Matinee What’s it worth, Glen? Matinee Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande In her directorial debut, writer Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks, Fifty Shades of Grey, Venom, Venom: Let There Be Carnage) directs this script […]

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Tokyo Cowboy depicts a stirring journey of self-discovery

Tokyo Cowboy What’s it rated? PG What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Opens Oct. 25 at the Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo Marc Marriott directs this independent film scripted by Dave Boyle and Ayako Fujitani about Japanese corporate turnaround artist Hideki Sakai (Arata Iura), an […]

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Salem’s Lot is a classic vampire tale that feels cliché

Salem’s Lot What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Stream it What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it Where’s it showing? Max Writer-director Gary Dauberman (Annabelle Comes Home) offers this new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1975 novel about author Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman), who returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot to research a […]

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Joker: Folie à Deux examines our dark side

Joker: Folie À Deux What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria, Movies Lompoc, Regal Edwards Arroyo Grande Co-writer and director Todd Phillips (Old School, The Hangover, Joker) helms this sequel about Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a tormented comedian […]

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The Substance is a gory, satirical exploration of beauty standards and youth obsession

The Substance What’s it rated? R What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Regal Edwards RPX Santa Maria Writer-director Coralie Fargeat (Revenge) helms this dark comedy/body horror film about fading celebrity Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), who takes a black-market cell-replicating drug that promises to create a separate, […]

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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger celebrates the cinematic geniuses behind The Red Shoes and other iconic British films

Made In England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger What’s it rated? Unrated What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo David Hinton (The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind) directs this documentary on the films of Emeric Pressburger […]

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The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat is bighearted melodrama streaming on Hulu

The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat  What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Stream it What’s it worth, Glen? Stream it Where’s it showing? Hulu Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned) directs this story based on Edward Kelsey Moore’s 2013 bestselling novel about a trio of friends—Odette (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Kyanna Simone as young Odette), Barbara Jean […]

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